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Whether it is a trip on our established trail systems or a remote trail less expedition it is a wonderful way to touch and feel Alaska's wilderness. For those who want to hike but need a bit more comfort we offer van supported trips on the highway system with day hikes along the way. Over night accommodations can be campgrounds or lodges at our guest's request. Prices begin at $150.00 per day per person two person minimum. |
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| Areas and Trips we offer are sections of the Iditarod Trail, Crow Pass Traverse in Chugach State Park, Trails on the Kenai Peninsula in the Chugach National Forrest, Kesugi Ridge in Denali State Park, Hut to Hut and backcountry hiking in the Talkeetna Mountains, remote backcountry trips in the Wrangell St. Elias National Park, Valley of Tenthousand Smokes in Katmai National Park, Brooks Range, Gates of the Arctic, Twin Lakes area in Lake Clark National Park, Alaska Range, or any area desired by you. | |
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| If you are looking for backpacking trips without crowds and off the beaten path then this is the place for you. Enjoy the best of Alaska with a personal guide. | |
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Kesugi Ridge,
Denali State Park, 28 miles
Hike along a ridge in Denali State Park for an upclose and personal view of North Americas tallest peak at 20.320 feet also known as Denali, the Great One.This 6 day trip leads us from forrested hills into alpine tundra and small lakes on the Kesugi Ridge.See moose, caribou and bears.This hike is road accessable and gives you a good idea what Alaska has to offer. This hike will give you the best view of Mt. McKinley or also called Denali “ The High One”on a clear day.
It can be done in 3-6 days.
The hike on the Kesugi Ridge is most beautiful in the fall when the colours of the tundra are exploding. To avoid the crowds that Denali National Park sees, we will take you on this road accessable hike on a ridge above treeline. We will spend the night in tents and carry all of our food. We start out and hike up above treeline into the tundra where we pass by several small lakes where we have the chance to see beavers.
We have plenty of time to explore this beautiful ridge with views of the Alaska Range.
We have the option of taking a drive along the Denali Highway a 135 mile scenic route traversing remote country and going from the community of Cantwell to Paxton. On clear days in the fall we can see the Alaska Range with Mountains Mt. Hayes, Deborah and Hess. The fall colours on the Denali Highway are spectacular in late August.
season: July-September
duration: 7 days
difficulty: daily hiking and carrying packs, overnighting in tents
Crow Pass Traverse, Chugach State Park,
26 miles
This hike in Chugach State Park begins just outside of Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city.Chugach State Park offers some of the most accessible trails in Alaska. The hike starts in the quaint ski town of Girdwood after a beautiful drive along Turnagain Arm and ends at the Eagle River Nature Center.In this accessable wilderness we will have a chance to see wildlife such as moose, bears, cross a glacial river and get increbible views of mountains and glaciers.
This hike is a great introduction of Alaska's wild and undevelopped mountains.
season: July-September
duration: 5 days
difficulty: daily
hiking and carrying packs, overnighting in tents
Puntilla to Rohn on the historic Iditarod Trail, 40 miles
This hike takes us over Rainy Pass, famous part of the Iditarod Trail in the Alaska Range. Much of the Iditarod Trail is impassable in the summertime, because it is made up of wetlands, rivers and lakes. On this hike we will make our way from Rohn over the pass and to Puntilla where the historic Rainy Pass Lodge awaits us at Puntilla Lake. Mushers, snowmobiles and human-powered racers make their way over the pass every year in February, but in the summertime this place is rarely visited. We will find solitude, high country filled with wild flowers, dall sheep and other wildlife. The Iditarod Trail is just a framework, and our route will require some creek crossings and bushwhacking.
season: July/August
duration: 7 days
difficulty: trailless terrain, daily hiking with backpacks, remote area
Backpacking “Valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes” Katmai National Park
This trip starts with a flight to King Salmon from Anchorage. Then we will take a bush plane into the famous Brooks Camp and spent a night on the campground. The next day a4x4 bus will take us to the Valley of Tenthousand Smokes. From here our adventure begins. We will hike on to the ashflow of Nuvarupta from the 1912 erruption and cross the river Lethe. We will have time to hike for the next 7 days and explore fumaroles, lakes, glaciers and possibly see grizzlies crossing the valley floor, visit Mageik Lakes or even climb one of the volcanoes.
season: June-September
duration: 7 days
difficulty: overnighting in tents, walking with packs, very remote area
Fly- in Backpacking ,Wrangell St. Elias National Park
These trips leads us into the 13 mio. acre Wrangell St. Elias National Park, largest in the US National Park System. This is one of those places far grander than your average wilderness and beyond description, an isolated paradise where sheer magnificence and remoteness is overwhelmingly beautiful. A scenic flight to the Skolai landing strip in a bush plane from the small community of McCarthy is the beginning of this trip.We will climb over 6000 foot Chitistone Pass, descending Chitistone gorge to the landing strip at Glacier Creek where we will be picked up by our bush pilot a few days later. Other options in this huge park include Martin Creek, Seven Pass Route, McColl Ridge, Pyramid Peak Traverse, Bremner Valley, Steamboat Hills or the ultimate 94 mile adventure and thru-hike from Tebay Lakes to Iceberg Lake that has only been done once before. This long southern traverse of the entire park is only for the hardy very fit adventurer.
season: July/August
duration: 7 /10 days
difficulty: trailless terrain, hiking with heavy backpacks, remote area
Turquoise to Twin
Lakes Traverse, Lake Clark National Park
Join us on this stunning hike through one of Alaska's remote Parks. We will start this trip in Anchorage and fly into the small bush community of Port Alsworth. A floatplane will drop us off at the shores of Turquoise Lake where we will set up our first camp. Enjoy the fascinating scenery and solitude of this magnificient place beneath towering mountains and glaciers that Dick Proenneke called home for 30 years. We will make our way along hillsides to Twin Lakes where we will await our bush pilot to take us back to civilaztion after several days in endless wilderness.
season: July/August
duration: 8 days
difficulty: trailless terrain, hiking with heavy backpacks, remote area
Alaska Ultra Sport PO BOX 1125, Chickaloon Alaska 99674 (907) 745 6680
